READING
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“The Death of Reading” omitted two points: Electronic media are far more vulnerable to government control than are books. In the Soviet Union, Nikita Khrushchev’s memoirs have been banned from broadcast, while smuggled copies can be read. Electronic media are also vulnerable to system failure. If viewing supplants reading, what happens when the system crashes?
MARY MANSELL
PAUL CARACCIOLO Pasadena
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